Living in Mesão Frio
In Mesão Frio, average gross earnings are €1,083 a month (2024) and unemployment is 4.5% (2026).
In June 2026, the unemployment rate was 4.53%.
Higher unemployment than 96% of Portuguese cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 87% of Portuguese cities that publish it.
Which Portugal-wide rules apply when you move to Mesão Frio?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
No city-level rent figure is published for Mesão Frio. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
Is Mesão Frio a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Mesão Frio?
The unemployment rate is about 4.5 % (June 2026).
- Unemployment rate: 4.53 % · IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202614
Mesão Frio 4.5%
Unemployment rate (%)
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Mesão Frio. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Mesão Frio. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
There were 460 physicians per 100,000 people in 2024.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 460 per 100,000 | 2024 | Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit.11Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Mesão Frio when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Mesão Frio?
Police recorded 3,920 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.
- Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 3,920 incidents per 100k · INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20225
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 3,920 incidents per 100kcountry median 2,730 | 31 Dec 2022 | INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 20225Official |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Mesão Frio. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
PLA search route through Portal da Oferta Formativa — State Language Course
AIMA / Portal da Oferta Formativa
For migrants seeking Portuguese as a non-native language.
Português Língua de Acolhimento (PLA) — State Language Course
AIMA / DGEstE public-school network / IEFP / Centros Qualifica
For migrants aged 16 or older whose mother tongue is not Portuguese, residence-permit holders, people with pending residence/protection/NISS evidence.
Climate and air quality
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Mesão Frio 10.0
annual PM10, µg/m³ · cities per band
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 5 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)2Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 10 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte)3Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 9.9 · Feb 12.2 · Mar 15.6 · Apr 17.4 · May 21.2 · Jun 25.3 · Jul 28.8 · Aug 29 · Sep 25.2 · Oct 19.3 · Nov 13.2 · Dec 10.4 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)8Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 2.8 · Feb 3.5 · Mar 5.6 · Apr 7.1 · May 9.7 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 14.9 · Sep 13 · Oct 10.1 · Nov 6 · Dec 3.6 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)8Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 6.3 · Feb 7.9 · Mar 10.6 · Apr 12.2 · May 15.4 · Jun 18.9 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 21.9 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 7 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)8Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 129.4 · Feb 83.6 · Mar 91.1 · Apr 84.8 · May 63.4 · Jun 29.2 · Jul 12.7 · Aug 21.5 · Sep 48.9 · Oct 120.9 · Nov 122.8 · Dec 142.8 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567)8Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Portugal: Gondomar ±2.6 °C. Elsewhere: Gresham (United States) ±1.0 °C, Vancouver (United States) ±1.0 °C, Reims (France) ±2.9 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±2.9 °C, Bellevue (United States) ±1.8 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month
Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.
Population and city profile
How many people live in Mesão Frio?
The published population was 911 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)1
By nationality
National passport96.7%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 26.65 km² | 2021 | Local normalized archive of official INE municipality rows: DICO identity, populationTotal and areaKm2 at municipality/LAU-1 grain.9Official |
| Foreign residents | 30 people | 2023 | Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value.13Independent |
| Population density | 166.3 people/km² | 2021 | Reproducible derived density from the same-period INE populationTotal divided by areaKm2; no external density number was substituted.9Official |
| Population | 911 people | 19 Apr 2021 | Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT)1Official |
International community in Mesão Frio
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Country of birth
Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,547 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 3,441 | 97.0% |
| Estrangeira | 106 | 3.0% |
| Europa | 61 | 1.7% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 47 | 1.3% |
| África | 32 | 0.9% |
| França | 24 | 0.7% |
| Angola | 23 | 0.6% |
| Outros países - Europa | 14 | 0.4% |
| América | 13 | 0.4% |
| Bélgica | 12 | 0.3% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brasil | 12 | 0.3% |
| Suíça | 8 | 0.2% |
| Espanha | 6 | 0.2% |
| Moçambique | 6 | 0.2% |
| Alemanha | 4 | 0.1% |
| Ucrânia | 4 | 0.1% |
| Reino Unido | 2 | 0.1% |
| África do Sul | 2 | 0.1% |
| Cabo Verde | 1 | 0.0% |
| Luxemburgo | 1 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source7
Citizenship
Resident population at the 19 April 2021 Census reference date; total sex (HM) and total age; source-native indicator universe · 2021-04-19
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,547 | 100.0% |
| Portuguesa | 3,531 | 99.5% |
| Estrangeira | 16 | 0.5% |
| Europa | 10 | 0.3% |
| Outros países - Europa | 6 | 0.2% |
| União Europeia 27 (s/ PT - a partir de 2020) | 4 | 0.1% |
| América | 4 | 0.1% |
| Brasil | 4 | 0.1% |
| Espanha | 3 | 0.1% |
| Ucrânia | 3 | 0.1% |
| África | 2 | 0.1% |
Show 5 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Suíça | 2 | 0.1% |
| Angola | 1 | 0.0% |
| França | 1 | 0.0% |
| Reino Unido | 1 | 0.0% |
| Moçambique | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source6
Alternatives for people set on Mesão Frio
Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Mesão Frio from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.
Alternative cities in Portugal
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School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 18, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: PLNM (Português Língua Não Materna). How to enrol a child (gov.pt).
A country-wide rule for Portugal; Mesão Frio's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Mesão Frio?
The published population was 911 people in April 2021. Source: Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT).
How safe is Mesão Frio?
Police recorded 3,920 incidents per 100,000 (2022). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022.
What is the unemployment rate in Mesão Frio?
The unemployment rate is about 4.5 % (June 2026). Source: IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.
How many foreign residents live in Mesão Frio?
30 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value..
Is Mesão Frio a good place to live?
Mesão Frio may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
How many people born in Portuguesa live in Mesão Frio?
The official country of birth distribution records 3,441 people (97.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021-04-19. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Mesão Frio, Portugal: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9a634c19f7a3b0de985a161f6e785b68]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pt/mesao-frio/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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Sources
- Censos 2021 — Lugares por Freguesia (C21_LUGF_PT) Censos 2021 · mapas.ine.pt · checked 2026-10-07
- EEA air quality statistics — PT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
- EEA air quality statistics — PT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Douro Norte) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
- INE — Ganho médio mensal (€), indicator 0012649 (Quadros de Pessoal) INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-09-23
- INE — Taxa de criminalidade (‰) por Localização geográfica (NUTS 2013) e Categoria de crime; Anual, indicador 0008074, categoria Total, ano 2022 INE · ine.pt · checked 2026-07-31
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014632 nationality ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
- Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal Censos 2021 indicator 0014633 country of birth ine.pt · checked 2026-09-01
- IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 — IPMA estação VILA REAL (nº 567) IPMA Normais Climatológicas 1991-2020 · ipma.pt · checked 2026-07-31
- Local normalized archive of official INE municipality rows: DICO identity, populationTotal and areaKm2 at municipality/LAU-1 grain. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
- MEO fixed fibre meo.pt · checked 2026-09-15
Show 4 more sources
- Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit. ine.pt · checked 2026-07-15
- Vodafone Portugal mobile plan vodafone.pt · checked 2026-09-15
- Foreign population with legal resident status at 31 December; Total Nacionalidade; annual municipality value. pordata.pt · checked 2026-07-15
- IEFP — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 IEFP · iefp.pt · checked 2026-07-26
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